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In 2005, after Rosa Parks lay in state in the Capitol, her casket was moved to Metropolitan AME, for a memorial service. Civil rights activist Rev. Al Sharpton was speaking at the same moment as ...

Former Georgia Representative Julian Bond and Black Panther leader Eldridge Cleaver once said that when Rosa Parks chose to stay ... in 1955 to leave her son’s casket open so that the world ...

His mother, Mamie Till, kept his casket open so no one could deny the truth or create alternative facts about his disfigured corpse. And that sparked the anger and action that fueled the Civil Rights ...

As Ella Baker noted, women were the "backbone of the civil rights movement," yet their contributions were often overlooked or ...

Former Georgia Representative Julian Bond and Black Panther leader Eldridge Cleaver once said that when Rosa Parks chose to ...

Michigan graduating high school seniors are invited to apply for the scholarship that honors the values of civil rights ...

Legislation proposes Dec. 1 as Rosa Parks Day, honoring the civil rights activist who sparked the Montgomery Bus Boycott and ...

Rosa Parks is known for being a civil rights icon. But did you know that she was born in Tuskegee, Alabama, on Feb. 4, 1913?

BUFFALO, N.Y. — For the first time, the NFTA is honoring Rosa Parks by reserving a seat in her name on all 300+ buses and paratransit. On every NFTA bus, a sign now marks a seat for Rosa Parks. It was ...